religious scripture
C609
concept
A religious scripture is a revered written text or collection of texts that a faith community regards as divinely inspired or authoritative in matters of belief, morality, and spiritual practice.
All labels observed (64)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| religious text | 259 |
| Quranic surah | 113 |
| Hindu scripture | 89 |
| Islamic religious text | 62 |
| Hindu religious text | 46 |
| Surah of the Quran | 44 |
| Jewish religious text | 37 |
| Jewish legal text | 36 |
| religious scripture canonical | 19 |
| book of the Hebrew Bible | 13 |
| Buddhist scripture collection | 9 |
| Prophetic book | 7 |
| Torah passage | 7 |
| scripture | 6 |
| Islamic scripture passage | 5 |
| Sikh religious text | 5 |
| Sikh scripture | 5 |
| holy scripture | 5 |
| Islamic scripture text | 4 |
| Jain scripture collection | 4 |
| biblical canon | 4 |
| book of scripture | 4 |
| religious text passage | 4 |
| sacred scripture | 4 |
| Old Testament division | 3 |
| Torah | 3 |
| ancient religious text | 3 |
| Bahá'í scripture | 2 |
| Christian biblical canon | 2 |
| Druze scripture | 2 |
| Hebrew religious text | 2 |
| Islamic legal source | 2 |
| Latter Day Saint scripture | 2 |
| Latter-day Saint scripture | 2 |
| religious scripture collection | 2 |
| scriptural text | 2 |
| Bahá'í sacred text | 1 |
| Baháʼí scripture | 1 |
| Christian canon | 1 |
| Islamic holy book | 1 |
| Islamic religious text collection | 1 |
| Islamic scripture | 1 |
| Jewish scripture | 1 |
| Latter-day Saint scripture-related document | 1 |
| Major prophet book | 1 |
| Zoroastrian scripture | 1 |
| body of sacred texts | 1 |
| canonical scripture collection | 1 |
| central religious scripture of Sikhism | 1 |
| central scripture | 1 |
| collection of sacred texts | 1 |
| collection of scriptures | 1 |
| foundational text of Rabbinic Judaism | 1 |
| religious law book | 1 |
| religious scripture corpus | 1 |
| religious text classification | 1 |
| religious text topic | 1 |
| sacred text collection | 1 |
| sacred text passage | 1 |
| script described in religious text | 1 |
| scriptural canon | 1 |
| scriptural corpus | 1 |
| scriptural passage | 1 |
| scriptural record | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: religious scripture
Generated description
A religious scripture is a revered written text or collection of texts that a faith community regards as divinely inspired or authoritative in matters of belief, morality, and spiritual practice.
Instances (797)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Covenant and Conversation | Jewish religious text |
| 2 Maccabees | religious text |
|
Ruth
surface form:
Book of Ruth
|
book of the Hebrew Bible |
| Samaveda | Hindu scripture |
| Atharvaveda | Hindu scripture |
| Book of Sirach | Jewish religious text |
| Sefer HaBahir | Hebrew religious text |
| The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church | religious text |
| The Prostration | Quranic surah |
| Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures | religious text |
| Miscellaneous Writings 1883–1896 | religious text |
| Surah Al-Mu’min | Quranic surah |
|
Joshua
surface form:
Book of Joshua
|
book of the Hebrew Bible |
| Psalm 131 | religious text |
| Thánh Ngôn Hiệp Tuyển | holy scripture |
| Inanna's Descent to the Underworld | religious text |
| Plates of Mormon | scriptural record |
| Testimony of Three Witnesses | Latter-day Saint scripture-related document |
| Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible | religious text |
| King Follett discourse | religious text |
| Lectures on Faith | religious text |
| Latter Day Saint restoration scriptures | body of sacred texts |
| Garuda Purana | Hindu scripture |
| Manusmriti | Hindu religious text |
| Kitáb-i-Aqdas | — |
| Kitáb-i-Íqán | religious text |
| Hidden Words | Bahá'í scripture |
| Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh | — |
| Will and Testament of ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá | Bahá'í sacred text |
| Kitab al-Ilm | Islamic religious text |
| Kitab al-Hajj | Islamic religious text |
| Kutub al-Sittah | Islamic religious text collection |
| Homeric Hymns | religious text |
| Kitab al-Tawhid | Islamic religious text |
| Psalm 113 | religious text |
| Tanchuma | Jewish religious text |
| Al-Jamiʿ al-Kabir | Islamic religious text |
| Inspired Version of the Bible | religious text |
| Talmud | religious text |
| Al-Ahqaf | Quranic surah |
| Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael | Jewish legal text |
| Kebra Nagast | religious text |
| Ge'ez Bible | religious text |
| The Smoke | Quranic surah |
| Enlil and Ninlil | religious text |
| Humash | religious text |
| The Dialogue of Divine Providence | religious text |
| Letters | religious text |
| Conversations with Children on the Gospels | religious text |
| al-Sunan al-Kubra | Islamic religious text |